Knicks continue to take care of business, show killer instinct in closeout games
· Yahoo Sports
Closeout games are the hardest games to win.
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Home or on the road, your opponent is desperate trying to keep their season alive.
For the 2026 Knicks, though, they continue to be no sweat.
New York has dominated their opponents in general throughout the playoffs, but they’ve been especially stellar when given a chance to send their opponent packing.
First it was the Hawks in Atlanta, then the 76ers in Philly.
And on Tuesday night the Cavaliers became the latest team to fall victim, as the Knicks rolled through Game 4 in Cleveland to closeout the Eastern Conference Finals sweep.
They did so yet again in dominant fashion, establishing an early lead which they never looked back from, en route to a 37-point laugher that saw the benches empties early in the fourth quarter.
With that, the 2026 Knicks became the first team in NBA history to win three closeout games by 30+ points.
Their average margin of victory of 39.3 points is also an NBA record.
“We don’t want to leave any doubt,” Miles McBride said. “We just want to come out and handle our business.”
“We’ve been playing hard and mixing in a little luck,” Jalen Brunson added. “But most importantly, we’ve been coming in focused and are just locked in on the moment.”
That next moment for them will be the opener of the NBA Finals -- a place the franchise hasn't been since 1999.
The scalding hot Knicks will be looking to come home victorious for the first time in 53 years.